The King is Dead

Judah Bendigo calmly announced that he would commit a murder. The victim:
his brother King, the richest man in the world. The announced day: June
21. The time: exactly 12:00 midnight.

ELLERY QUEEN HAD ALL THE FACTS IN ADVANCE!

The case was the most frustrating in Queen's career. For how could King
Bendigo, closely guarded behind steel doors, be shot by Judah, whom Ellery
was watching in another room?

But at exactly 12:00 midnight King Bendigo slumped forward with a small
black bullet hole in his left breast. Ellery Queen had failed to prevent
an "impossible" murder. For once, the world's perfect detective had found
the world's most perfect crime.